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8 actionable advisories, newest first. Withdrawn advisories and news are excluded. Coverage is partial.

  1. Medium, CVSS 6.5MavenPublished

    Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache PDFBox

    CVE-2018-8036 · GHSA-j2xq-pfff-mvgg

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox >= 1.8.0, <= 1.8.14; >= 2.0.0RC1, <= 2.0.10
    Fixed in
    2.0.111.8.15· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.11 or 1.8.15 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  2. Medium, CVSS 5.5MavenPublished

    Excessive Iteration Denial of Service in Apache PDFBox

    CVE-2021-27807 · GHSA-2h3j-m7gr-25xj

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.23
    Fixed in
    2.0.23· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.23 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  3. Medium, CVSS 5.5MavenPublished

    Uncontrolled memory consumption

    CVE-2021-31811 · GHSA-fg3j-q579-v8x4

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.24
    Fixed in
    2.0.24· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.24 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  4. Medium, CVSS 5.5MavenPublished

    Infinite Loop in Apache PDFBox

    CVE-2021-31812 · GHSA-7grw-6pjh-jpc9

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.24
    Fixed in
    2.0.24· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an infinite loop while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.23 and prior 2.0.x versions.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.24 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  5. Medium, CVSS 5.5MavenPublished

    Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in Apache PDFBox

    CVE-2021-27906 · GHSA-6vqp-h455-42mr

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.23
    Fixed in
    2.0.23· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    A carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an OutOfMemory-Exception while loading the file. This issue affects Apache PDFBox version 2.0.22 and prior 2.0.x versions.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.23 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  6. Critical, CVSS 9.8MavenPublished

    Vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox

    CVE-2019-0228 · GHSA-c9jj-3wvg-q65h

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox >= 2.0.14, < 2.0.15
    Fixed in
    2.0.15· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.15 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  7. Medium, CVSS 5.5MavenPublished

    In Apache PDFBox a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation

    CVE-2018-11797 · GHSA-gx96-vgf7-hwfg

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.16; >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.12
    Fixed in
    2.0.121.8.16· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.12 or 1.8.16 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  8. High, CVSS 7.8MavenPublished

    High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox

    CVE-2016-2175 · GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98

    Affected
    • Maven org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox < 1.8.12; >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.0
    Fixed in
    2.0.11.8.12· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.0.1 or 1.8.12 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →